syenite
noun
a granular igneous rock consisting chiefly of orthoclase and oligoclase with hornblende, biotite, or augite.
syenitic
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a word derived from
syenite.
Example Sentences
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In two hours we crossed a small stream, with slippery syenitic rocks in its bed, showing the action of furious torrents.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
There is some fine-grained syenitic granite, orbicularly marked by ferruginous lines, and weathering into vertical, cylindrical holes, almost touching each other.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
Our road lay over an undulating surface of soil composed of the detritus of the syenitic rock, and poor, both from its quality and want of depth.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by William Sleeman
Deverneuil and Keyserling to be newer than the syenitic granite of the Ural— perhaps of tertiary date.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
The castle stands upon the summit of a small hill of syenitic rock.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by William Sleeman
